Matteo Kirchner obtained a BSc in Industrial Engineering and a MSc in Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Trento (Italy), and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering at KU Leuven (Belgium). He is currently postdoctoral researcher and project leader within the KU Leuven Division Mecha(tro)nic System Dynamics and Flanders Make Core Lab Dynamics of Mechanical and Mechatronic Systems, where he focuses on virtual sensing for state/input/parameter estimation with digital twins and computer vision.